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Sean to curse Then she began to sputter out threats Cadsuane continued, her hand beginning to hurt See and pain The serving girl with the food returned in the e’s shame The Aes Sedai watched with slack jaws

"Now," Cadsuane said after a few e’s howls of pain "Will you eat?"

"I’ll find everyone you’ve ever loved," the Forsaken said, tears in her eyes, "I’ll feed them to each other while you watch I’ll--"

Cadsuane "tsk"ed and began again The crowd in the rooan to cry--not from the pain, but froe could not be defeated by pain or by persuasion--but destroying her ie, that would be more terrible in her mind than any other punishment Just as it would have been for Cadsuane

Cadsuane stilled her hand after a few e motionless "Will you eat?" she asked

"I--"

Cadsuane raised her hand, and See practically leaped off of her lap and scra the beans

"She is a person," Cadsuane said, looking at the others "Just a person, like any of us She has secrets, but any young boy can have a secret that he refuses to tell Remember that"

Cadsuane stood and walked to the door She hesitated beside Sarene, atched with fascination as the Forsaken ate beans off of the floor "Youa hairbrush with you," Cadsuane added "That can be quite hard on your hands"

Sarene s the room, what to do about al’Thor?

"My Lord," Grady said, rubbing his weathered face, "I don’t think you understand"

"Then explain it todown over the huge gathering of refugees and soldiers Misle-peaked Aiel structures; colorful large Cairhienin ones; two-tipped tents of basic design--sprang up as the people prepared for the night

The Shaido Aiel, as hoped, had not given chase They had let Perrin’s arh his scouts said that they had now ate the city Either way, it meant Perrin had time Tiateways to transport away roup Thousands upon thousands of people, a nightmare to coordinate and administer to His last few days had been filled with an endless streaments and papers Where did Balwer find so much paper? It seements and the settlement of disputes seemed so much more official to them when a piece of paper outlined them Balwer said Perrin would need a seal

The work had been distracting, which was good But Perrin knew he couldn’t push aside his proble Rand pulled hi else noring everything but his objective--had been the source ofhis hunt for Faile He had to find a balance, somehow He needed to decide for himself if he wanted to lead these people He needed to ed when he went into battle

But before he could do any of that, he needed to get the refugees ho a problem "You’ve had tiue is only one part of it, h, honestly, I still feel as if I could sleep a week’s time"

He did look tired Grady was a stalwart man, with the face of a farmer and the temperament of one, too Perrin would trust this man to do his duty before most lords he’d known But Grady could be pushed only so far What did it do to a s beneath his eyes, and his face was pale despite his tanned skin Though he was still a young ht, but I used this ht Him and Neald both That had been another effect of Perrin’s single- to see What he’d done to Arao without leadership/ have to fix this I have to find a way to deal with it all

If he didn’t, he ,the cauard, the Two Rivers ees fros "There are soet home The ones that will leave, anyway Many say they feel safer here, with you"

"They can give over wanting that," Perrin said "They belong with their families"

"And the ones whose faed "Before the invaders came, many of these people would be happy to return But nowWell, they keep talking about staying where there’s food and protection"